Abstract:F5 Networks, one of the world's leading providers of application delivery infrastructure, recently unveiled its 2017 cloud strategy and roadmap. F5 will grow the number of public cloud providers that it partners with to allow users to apply its BIG-IP application delivery services to workloads in the public cloud. F5 also plans to introduce several new technologies in 2017 that will enhance an enterprise's ability to leverage BIG-IP services in public and private clouds. Specifically, F5 expanded the choice of form factors that users will have for consuming BIG-IP services in the public cloud by creating an option for applying hardware-based services from a colocation center to workloads in the public cloud. Also, users will be able to apply lightweight F5 traffic management services to container-based private clouds.